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$59

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It's all about you, the student. It’s about providing you with a flexible and
affordable college education. It’s about putting you on a straighter line to
the exact same quality degree from a top online and accredited college, in the
field and ultimately the career of your choice.
Whether you are starting on the road to your degree, adding new skills to
advance your career, coming back to college after life got in the way, or you
just need a couple of courses to graduate, StraighterLine is here to help.
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Course Description

Macroeconomics looks at the big-picture performance of the national economy and its links to the global economy. Designed to examine many of the basic tools economists use, this course covers economic perspective, fundamental concepts, graphing skills, and an overview of the interrelated components of the United States economy.

Course resources explain the importance of supply and demand, economic measures, growth, employment and inflation, and how these relate to the business cycle and the health of the economy. Students will develop knowledge of aggregate expenditures and aggregate supply and demand, with a specific macroeconomic point of reference.

In addition to issues affecting United States markets, the course examines various international issues important in today's global economy.

Most of the answers are online as long as you make A's on all of the 19 Test and make a B or higher on the Midterm. You will be ok on your final which is proctored. I made a 77 on the final but I did study and made notes from my Test.

A good generic economics course. Easy, not intellectually challenging. The
best help I can give other students is this: Chapters 1-5 and 18-19 of the
Macroeconomics textbook are identical to chapters 1-5 and 23-24 in the
Microeconomics book. A big time saver if you know that.

Very helpful when you have a busy schedule and have to fit in course work
whenever is convenient. There are no due dates, therefore you get it done at
whatever pace is comfortable for you, and no points are taken off.

The slides were not always in line with the chapters. It makes it difficult to
fully understand the topic. I would have preferred that the slides reaffirmed
the chapter. At times the topic that was covered on the slides were not
covered until 2-3 chapters after.

It has a good setup that makes it easy to follow and understand the
assignments, However, some of the testing material isn't even covered in the
powerpoints so I had to do more reading with the book. Definitely suggest
people to get the book.